New footage has emerged of the October 11 sea rescue of 147 migrants, whose boat had capsized close to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Thirty three people, including four Palestinian refugees from ... more

New footage has emerged of the October 11 sea rescue of 147 migrants, whose boat had capsized close to the Italian island of Lampedusa. Thirty three people, including four Palestinian refugees from Syria, died in the incident. This happened just over a week after more than 300 migrants drowned when a boat carrying Eritrean and Somali migrants sank in the same area.
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